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When President Obama was facing challenges in negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, he spoke to the nation, urging the American people to make their voices heard and contact their members of Congress to pressure them to come to what he called a balanced solution.
The next day, many Americans heeded this call to action; it was reported that website traffic had crashed several members' websites and that the capitol switchboard was handling more than 35,000 calls per hour, almost double the average rate.
After a compromise was reached, the President thanked Americans, saying that it was their phone calls and e-mails that made such a deal possible.
When people express their opinions and hold their elected officials accountable, we see the essence of democracy.
Making our voices heard
As independent community pharmacists, we are both healthcare providers and small-business owners, and we face several challenges that impact both these important roles. In order to effect positive solutions to these challenges, we too must make our voices heard.
As small-business owners, we are squeezed by the pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), who reimburse us at rates that are often lower than our acquisition costs. They also seek to further swell their coffers through burdensome audits that often penalize us for minor bookkeeping errors, when to search for intentional fraudulent practices would be more to the point.
This squeeze may be further exacerbated by the recently proposed merger of PBM giants Express Scripts and Medco, which would create a behemoth in the PBM industry, to the detriment of patients and pharmacists.
In our role as healthcare providers, we spend many hours preventing errors and serving the patients who rely on our counsel and expertise. They depend on us to help them use their medications correctly and adhere to their prescription regimens properly. Many of us have heard from patients who received the wrong prescription by mail order or did not receive their mail-order medications on time, and who called upon us because we were the only healthcare professional they could turn to for assistance.
Some independent pharmacists have simply accepted these PBM-generated challenges as a fact of doing business, one that is often derided as also commoditizing the profession of pharmacy. Others have been forced to close their stores because they could not withstand these PBM practices.
This problem can be remedied if enough of us take the action necessary to bring about change. We need to make our voices heard, and we need to support legislation that has been introduced in Congress that helps to level the playing field.
The Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act, H.R. 1971/S. 1058, addresses many PBM abuses. It prohibits practices such as extrapolation and it forces PBMs to focus audits on identifying acts of intentional fraud, which is where they should be focused, rather than on penalizing pharmacies for typographical or bookkeeping errors.
In addition, H.R. 1946, the "Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act," would allow independent pharmacies to join together to negotiate contracts with PBMs in the way retail chains negotiate now. To be sure, the PBMs would still have the upper hand, but at least independent pharmacies would have a stronger voice during negotiations.
We all need to contact our members of Congress and urge them to support this legislation.
We also need to express our opposition to further concentration among PBMs by demanding that our members of Congress urge the FTC to block the ESI-Medco merger.
While these legislative solutions may not address all our challenges, they are important steps forward. As pharmacists, we must take it upon ourselves to educate health-plan sponsors and our elected officials about our unique role in healthcare. And we must impress upon them the necessity of their support for solutions to the challenges facing our industry. One way for you to do this is to visit http://www.ncpa-actioncenter.com and send an e-mail to your members of Congress.
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Legendary Music Production Studio, the Village Recorder, Reports Growing Demand for Digidesign ICON.
Studio F also uses the ICON to mix TV projects, including Gilmore Girls, Entourage, and Lucky Louie, as well as a wide range of DVD commentaries and other projects that keep the room humming day in and day out.
One of the first major independent recording studios, The Village Recorder was founded by musician and entrepreneur Geordie Hormel in the late 1960s. Hormel's reputation as a forward-thinking visionary established The Village as a leader in technological innovation—a standing it maintains to this day. It was the first American studio to go 24-track, and was one of the earliest adopters of digital recording technology.
"Village Recorder's relationship with Digidesign dates back to the very early days of digital recording, and we've long relied on Pro Tools as an intrinsic part of our work," says The Village CEO Jeff Greenberg. He also points out that The Village was one of the first studios to set up a FiberShare network to share files across multiple rooms—and being one of the first to embrace the ICON console.
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"Working with the ICON gives me a depth of control with Pro Tools® that far surpasses working with a traditional console," remarks independent engineer Brian Scheuble, whose credits include such talent as Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Elton John, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Stevie Nicks, Stone Temple Pilots and Mel Torme. "The ICON can adapt to whatever way I choose to work, allowing me to organize a mix so it's both convenient and intuitive. The desk has a real quality feel to it, the faders are smooth and responsive, and I love having instant access to the whole range of Pro Tools plug-ins."
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European Crisis Exit Distant
World Islamic Economic Forum Planned
Sri Lanka Gets ADB Facility
Pakistan Agrees to $5.3b IMF Loan
TSE Among World's Top 10
Bandar Lengeh Earns $25m
Fishery Exports Up
Canada's Trade Balance Down
European Crisis Exit Distant
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"This is as dovish as the ECB can get without actually acting," said Christoph Rieger, the head of fixed-rate strategy at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt.
"The new ECB stance should give investors comfort that the upside to yields is limited at current levels."
According to Draghi, the ECB chose words over deeds after an extensive discussion about cutting interest rates, and the support for the new language was unanimous. He said the bank kept an open mind on whether to cut the deposit rate below zero.
"The Governing Council had all options on the table this month and will keep them there in case things worsen again," said Christian Schulz, senior economist at Berenberg Bank in London.
"This time, they decided against another rate cut and decided to stage a mini revolution by introducing forward guidance instead."
The Stoxx 600 Index was 2.4 percent higher at 292.24 at 4:18 p.m. in Frankfurt. The euro declined to as low as $1.2883 from $1.2985 before the press conference. The yield on Portugal's 10-year bond yield, which climbed as high as 8.11 percent, slid to as low as 7.11 percent.
Forward Guidance
By using so-called forward guidance, Draghi's aim is to persuade investors that the ECB has no plans to end its easy policy stance so they in turn will keep longer-term rates low, paving the way for consumers and households to borrow cheaply and bolster economic activity. Historically, Draghi and predecessor Jean-Claude Trichet have said that the ECB never precommits to any future monetary policy.
Draghi said the reason for taking what he called an unprecedented step was the ECB's expectation that the subdued outlook for inflation will extend into the medium-term amid broad-based weakness in the 17-nation eurozone economy.
"The risks surrounding the economic outlook for the eurozone continue to be on the downside," Draghi said, pointing to recent tightening in global financial conditions as one threat.
While all 23 members of the council agreed on the new strategy, Draghi declined to specify a time frame for the extended period and said several forms of guidance were debated.
The ECB has not built formal frameworks or set specific economic targets for when policy makers assess the course of rates, according to an official familiar with the central bank's deliberations.
Instead, ECB officials will rely on the central bank's traditional "two-pillar" approach, a setup that looks at both money supply and a range of economic indicators.
At the same time, Carney and colleagues in the UK signaled they'll keep their key rate at 0.5 percent for longer than investors expected. The implied rise in the expected future path of bank rate was not warranted by the recent developments in the domestic economy, the BOE said in a statement.
Portugal May Re-Ignite Europe Crisis
Political turmoil in Portugal is threatening to re-ignite Europe's debt crisis after a year of relative calm.
Having won praise for taking tough measures to restore the financial health of the eurozone state, Portugal's government has been rocked this week by the resignation of two ministers who quit because of waning public support for its program of austerity, CNNMoney wrote.
Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has refused to accept the resignation of his foreign minister, who heads a junior partner in the center-right coalition. But anxious investors sold stocks and bonds heavily on fears that the government may collapse.
Portuguese media said two other ministers could follow their party leader in tendering their resignation. New elections could delay economic reforms and prolong Portugal's dependence on bailout funds.
Portugal signed up for a 78-billion-euro bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund in 2011, and was hoping to exit the program in mid-2014.
Its economy has paid a heavy price for the spending cuts and structural reforms demanded in return for the rescue loans. Gross domestic product is forecast to shrink by 2.3 percent in 2013, a third consecutive year of recession, and unemployment has hit a record high of close to 18 percent.
The government has found it increasingly difficult to meet the terms of its bailout--some measures have been struck down by the constitutional court--and Portugal was givenextra time earlier this year to hit EU budget deficit rules.
Any further backsliding by Portugal could encourage other bailed-out states such as Greece and Cyprus to seek concessions from lenders as they struggle to meet the conditions.
Portugal has emerged as a new serious risk to the grand political bargain in the eurozone of support from the core and reforms in the periphery, noted Berenberg Bank senior economist Christian Schulz.
Greece has until Monday to satisfy officials from the EU and IMF that its reforms are on track or risk missing out on its latest tranche of rescue cash.
On Monday, Eurozone finance ministers will review a progress report on Greece. EU sources said there are still a number of outstanding issues--such as public sector job losses, privatization receipts and health sector reform--to be resolved before ministers can allow the tranche to be disbursed.
World Islamic Economic Forum Planned
London is set to become the first western city to host the annual World Economic Islamic Forum (WIEF).
The forum, set to be held in the city's Excel Centre in October, was launched by Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohamed Najib Tun Abdul Razak and Mayor of London Boris Johnson at a meeting in the city, Asharq Al-Awsat wrote.
The forum's previous sessions have been held in Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Kuwait and Pakistan but will be held in London this year in collaboration with London & Partners, the official promotional organization for the city.
Chief Executive Officer of London and Partners Gordon Innes told Asharq Al-Awsat, "We started liaising with the representative of the WIEF and discussing that it would be great to bring the forum to a western city. They really liked the idea and, of course, London was the first option given that it is so international and has a huge Muslim population as well as international bureaus and a number of international companies."
Innes also highlighted the existing trade links between London and various firms and countries in the Muslimc world.
"London hosts the most significant Islamic finance cluster outside of Muslim countries. London is really the only center in the west that has such depth and expertise in this field," Innes said.
"Islamic finance is a relatively small part of the turnover in the city at the moment but it's the fastest growing part of local finance at about 25 percent per year . . . It isn't just the banks that are issuing Islamic compliance bond, but there are also more than 25 law firms within this field."
There are also 22 Shariah-compliant banks in London and Saudi Arabia is the second largest foreign investor in the UK after the US.
Innes also cited the example of the Shard, London's 72-story skyscraper and the tallest building in the European Union, which is largely financed and run by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Kuwait is allocating $5 billion to investments in the UK.
The WIEF is a Malaysia-based business platform that displays business opportunities in the Muslim world and strengthens exchange and collaboration between Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
The forum is run by the WIEF Foundation, which is permanently based in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
Tun Musa Hitam, chairman of the forum, speaking at the launch of the forum, described it as an attempt to build bridges toward peace and prosperity between the Muslim and non-Muslim world through the common language of business.
Sri Lanka Gets ADB Facility
Sri Lanka's reform and development initiative has got a major boost with the finalization of a combined $500 million financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the organization said in a statement.
The ADB has agreed to extend $300 million for a non-revenue water management program in central Colombo, in addition to $200 million for education sector development, Xinhua reported.
For the latter, the ADB's loans comprise $100 million from ordinary capital resources and $100 million from its concessional Asian Development Fund.
The government's overall program is set to cost $4.9 billion, according to the bank.
The Finance Ministry said the ADB and the government signed the first tranche of $84 million under the multi-tranche credit line for implementation of the non-revenue water management program in the Greater Colombo area.
Pakistan Agrees to $5.3b IMF Loan
Pakistan's newly elected government has agreed to a $5.3 billion (£3.5 billion) loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The three-year loan will replenish the central bank's reserves and buy time for the government to cut its budget deficit and fix the energy sector.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif won elections in May in Pakistan's first democratic change of government, BBC reported.
Among the new government's priorities are dealing with frequent power cuts and increasing its tax collection.
Technical and financial problems in the energy sector have led to large-scale power outages, which have depressed output and imposed hardship on the public at large, the IMF noted in its announcement of the agreement.
As part of the deal, the government has also agreed to cut its over-spending, in part by eliminating subsidies and tax loopholes in order to increase the amount of taxes it collects.
TSE Among World's Top 10
Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) is among the world's top ten stock markets and the best performing equity market among the member-states of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) during the first half of 2013.
TSE has also registered the best performance among WFE members over the last two years, Bloomberg wrote.
Based on the figures released by the American outlet, since the beginning of 2013, Egypt Stock Exchange's main index lost 14.2 percent of its value while those of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait's stock exchanges posted growth rates of 37 percent, 34.6 percent and 33.3 percent, respectively, over the same period.
During last week's trading sessions, however, the Arab world stock markets, except those of Egypt and Qatar, staged a negative performance with the exchanges of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait dipping by 5.9 percent, 2.5 percent, and over 1 percent, respectively.
The main index of TSE, TEPIX, is continuing its upward rise and set a new record in July once again in terms of trade volume, despite fresh US-engineered sanctions against Iran.
On Wednesday, TSE closed at 52,735 at the end of the transaction day.
Bandar Lengeh Earns $25m
Economy Desk
The port city of Bandar Lengeh exported 56,667 tons of goods during March 21-June 21, up 66 percent compared with the corresponding figure of last year.
Announcing the above, Davoud Dehqan, the head of the city's customs office, put the value of exports at $25 million in this period.
The official noted that Arab states, namely UAE, Iraq and Kuwait, were major target markets.
"Vegetables and fruits, dates, watermelons and camels accounted for a large portion of exports in the period," he said.
Dehqan also said 23,628 tons of commodities worth $56.1 million were imported through Bandar Lengeh's Customs, indicating a decline of 51 percent from a year ago.
"Sunflower seeds, cereals, computer parts and home appliances were among imports," he said.
Dehqan added that 22,810 units of cars valued at $233.1 million were transited to Afghanistan, Iraq and the Central Asian states in the period.
Bandar Lengeh, Shahid Rajaei, Shahid Bahonar and Qeshm ports rank among the most important customs of the southern province of Hormuzgan.
Fishery Exports Up
Economy Desk
The export of fishery products is projected to exceed $300 million by the end of the current Iranian year (started March 21).
According to a repot by Customs Administration of Iran, over 60,000 tons of fishery products worth $250,000 were exported last year.
The export of fishery products, including caviar, fish and shrimp, has earned the country over $900 million since the current government took office in 2005.
The weight of exports amounted to 280,000 tons in this period.
The output showed a threefold rise in terms of weight and a twofold growth in terms of value compared with the correspondent figure during 1997-2005.
On aggregate, over 110,000 tons of fishery products valued at $518 million were exported during 1997-2005.
On average, around 39,000 tons of fishery products earned $128 million worth of revenues on a yearly basis during 2005-2013.
The annual revenue from fishery exports during 1997-2005 stood at $64.86 million and 13.8 tons in terms of value and weight respectively.
Canada's Trade Balance Down
Canada's trade balance deficit dropped in May, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa. From April to May, trade gap dropped from $951 million to $303 million.


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The most beautiful picture book I've seen this year, Maia and What Matters is the latest from Kapiti Coast publisher Book Island – further proving that the best New Zealand publishers are congregating around Wellington.
Maia is "an impatient scamp", lucky enough to have a Grandma just the same. They romp delightfully through Kaatje Vermeire's absolutely stunning illustrations, capturing your heart with Tine Mortier's equally delightful text.
Age does come for us all, however… and Grandma falls ill and suddenly she doesn't romp (or talk) like she used too. Then tragedy strikes that little bit deeper.
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4:25 PM EST, December 2, 2012
Try as we might to use every square inch of our 1920s house in downtown Hampton, most of our family life plays out in a relatively modest dining room.
Though already amply filled with an aircraft-carrier-sized antique sideboard and a drop-leaf table and chairs, that's where we stuck our wide-screen TV so we could watch together while eating. That's where we wedged a love seat and two side tables against the opposing wall so we could sit on something approaching a sofa.
It's also the place where our little boy, Owen, has spent countless hours playing since he was able to sit up and crawl — always with one eye on his toys and books and the other keeping track of his mom and me through the swinging door that leads to our kitchen.
Still, despite all the milestones that have unfolded here since he was born, we didn't expect the building spree that erupted over the Thanksgiving holidays, when Owen began flooding the floor and tabletops with fanciful creations conjured up from LEGOs, Bristle Blocks and bits of railroad track and bridge borrowed from his Thomas the Tank Engine collection.
Like Harry Potter after mastering some brand new magic spell, our 4-year-old couldn't stop test-driving a new-found power to imagine and fabricate, resulting in a jaw-dropping assortment of make-believe animals, machines and buildings marked by an ingenuity and skill only hinted at before.
"I'm going to be an engineer!" Owen declared in triumph after completing a cleverly detailed Bristle Block submarine manned by miniature dinosaurs.
"I'm going to build things. And when they break, I'm going to fix them."
Exactly when this impulse started is hard to pinpoint now.
Owen began concocting robots and space ships from LEGOs at least a year ago — and this past summer he built a fleet of Bristle Block farm combines after an eye-opening drive in the country. He's also marked both our yard and living room with several slightly scary totemlike creations pieced together from sticks, string and knotted-up kitchen tools and toys.
Earlier this fall, a quintet of Bristle Block dragons made after seeing the animated film "How to Train Your Dragon" signaled a new, more finely developed stage in his evolution. But as charming and promising as many of his past creations have been, none matched the giant leap in complexity and execution that took place over what seemed like just a few hours during Thanksgiving.
Where his past dragons might have been no more than simple, abbreviated likenesses, his newest versions were constructed with such attention to their heads, wings and tails that — even though translated into Bristle Block-form — they bristle with character.
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June 24, 2005
Robert Rosenblum, noted arts writer and professor of fine arts at New York University, will speak on "David's Portraits: An International View" on Saturday, July 9 at 2 p.m. The lecture will be presented at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and is free to the public.
Rosenblum, focusing on works in the current exhibition at the Clark, Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile, will present David's portraits in terms of connections with his contemporaries. Early parallels with John Singleton Copley and Wright of Derby, plus later parallels with Biedermeier portraits will be explored.
Rosenblum's long and distinguished career has included teaching at Columbia, Yale, and Princeton. His articles, from Neoclassicism to the art of the 1990s, have been published in Art in America, Architectural Digest, Vogue, and The Burlington Magazine, among others. In addition to lecturing, co-organizing exhibitions, and writing essays for catalogues, Rosenblum has appeared in TV films and BBC programs.
Empire to Exile features 26 paintings and 22 works on paper, of which eight paintings and 11 works on paper have never before been exhibited in this country. The exhibition includes David's work for the Emperor Napoleon circa 1805 to the paintings done while the artist was exiled to Brussels near the end of his life. The exhibition will be on view through September 5.
The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in July and August (closed Mondays September through June). Admission June 1 through October 31 is $10 for adults, free for children 18 and under, members, and students with valid ID. Admission is free November through May. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.


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When the police organization filed the suit in November 2011, the plaintiffs did not request a jury trial, and Little hasn't requested one either. Raymond Johnson, an attorney representing Little, said that his client had paid the fee for a jury trial and that is what they had been expecting.
Little paid the $100 fee required for a jury trial on March 26, but the request to have a jury has to be made in writing and at this time it has not been filed, said Judge Brian Howell, to whom the case has been assigned.
Still, at a hearing Wednesday morning, Lawrence Cooper, another attorney representing Little, argued that pretrial publicity had made it impossible for Little to get a fair trial locally.
"We feel like the administration of justice is in jeopardy if we remain here," Cooper said. "There has been substantial publicity regarding the FOP's allegations against Mr. Little."
To support his point, he read comments posted by readers to online versions of news stories and editorials about the suit at The Anniston Star's website.
"'Little owes us an apology.' 'Little should give and not gripe,'" Cooper read. "We believe that the possible jurors that could sit in this case have already been tainted to the point that they could not be fair and reasonable."
But attorney Joel Laird, who represents the police organization in the case, argued that Little was the source of the inflammatory statements and actions.
"Little is the one that held all the press conferences, made all the statements, went on the radio, went on television," Laird said.
The court cannot protect Little from a situation he created, Laird said.
In addition, since the court has not determined whether the case will even be heard by a jury at this point, the request is premature, he added.
Cooper also noted any inflammatory statements made by Little are not the ones that prompted the request to move the trial. The potential jurors' familiarity with the allegations is the problem, he reiterated.
"An elected official is entitled to certain immunity for things that they speak about because a lot of that information comes from constituents' concerns," Cooper said after the meeting. "They brought this action here … Let them prove it fairly."
Howell told the attorneys that if he did approve a change of location for the trial, it would require that Little post a bond for the projected costs of the move — the further away the move, the bigger the bond.
Laird also said another location would have to be similar in size and demographics to Calhoun County to ensure a fair trial.
After the hearing, Cooper said he understood the judge's points.
"We need to provide him with a little more statistical data as to whether or not the places that we would suggest have similar demographics," Cooper said.
Election contest hearing postponed
A second court hearing involving Little scheduled for Wednesday — his contesting of the Aug. 28 municipal election — was postponed in case the first hearing had taken longer than expected and prevented Little from attending.
Little, who lost his seat in the election to Seyram Selase by a vote of 517 to 308, contends the election was not handled properly.
The city of Anniston has asked that the case be dismissed, arguing that Little has not paid a $5,000 bond required for the contest to move forward. Judge John Thomason has not yet set a new date for the hearing.
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Drunk driver charged with DUI in Casselton rollover, leaving one injuredCasselton, ND (WDAY TV) - The driver from a serious crash in rural Casselton is now charged with DUI and he left police with a déjà vu feeling after fleeing the crash into a cornfield.
Casselton, ND (WDAY TV) - The driver from a serious crash in rural Casselton is now charged with DUI and he left police with a déjà vu feeling after fleeing the crash into a cornfield.
Nearly one year to the day, the Cass County Sheriff called on all of his resources to find a man in a field.
This time, no combines would be needed.
The passenger in this accident, 19-year-old Michael Foley of Fargo, remains in the hospital tonight and Sanford is not releasing his condition.
He was lifeflighted there minutes after being ejected in the rollover.
Police confirmed today the man who fled the scene was the driver of the car. He's 20-year-old Rodolfo Rodriguez the 3rd of Durbin, North Dakota. He's charged with DUI.
This all started yesterday at 5:30. The car Rodriguez was driving struck a bridge-guardrail and then rolled.
An eyewitness saw Rodriguez flee the scene and jump into the Maple River.
The sheriff dispatched his immediate action team about 20 deputies -- they used ATVs, K-9s and highway patrol had an air search.
Rodriguez was found nearly four hours after he disappeared.
Sheriff Paul Laney, Cass County: "Excellent police work."
The search was a strikingly similar scene to last October -- when a convict escaped a prisoner transport vehicle.
The only difference that search would span more than 24 hours, it took combines to flush Joseph Magna from a field -- one year later the sheriff says that made for a more efficient team on scene last night.
Sheriff Laney: "We talked about how similar this was, didn't want it to stretch out."
Laney says the judge will have the option to add on a stiff financial penalty to Rodriguez, to help cover costs for all of the resources used in the search.
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The Cougars ran through their 18-team round-robin tournament with a perfect 4-0 record. Spanish Springs knocked off Faith Lutheran of Las Vegas 60-52 in the morning and then drilled Buhach Colony of Atwater, Calif., 60-28, in the late afternoon.
"This weekend was good for us," Spanish Springs coach Christine Eckles. "With four games in three days, we got in a lot of basketball. A lot of kids played a lot of minutes and that should benefit us as we continue to work to get better. I'm pleased with our growth and the kids' effort. But we all know the competition only gets tougher as we move forward, so we've got to continue to get better."
Against Faith Lutheran, a private school in northwest Las Vegas, Spanish Springs ran out to a 22-8 lead after the first quarter. Unfortunately for the hosts, they could not pull away. Faith Lutheran outscored the SSHS crew 14-7 in the second period, trimming the local school's lead to seven at the half, 29-22.
Faith Lutheran got as close as four points on multiple occasions in the second half but Spanish Springs was able to stop the bleeding. The Cougars pushed their lead back to double digits in the fourth quarter and held on for the eight-point victory.
Spanish Springs was able to hold off Faith Lutheran in large part to converting at the charity stripe. The Cougars had just three field goals in the fourth quarter but did make 14 of 23 foul shots to key the win.
Senior forward Lyndsey Anderson torched the Crusaders for a game-high 23 points, including a 9-of-11 effort at the free-throw line. Junior point guard Hannah Woytek added 12 points and dropped in 8-of-10 at the foul line.
Myrissa Prince chipped in 11 points to the Cougars' winning cause.
"We faced some adversity and were shorthanded, so it was nice that we found a way to win," Eckles said. "We got off to a great start in the first quarter, but then we've been turning around and continually having poor second periods. We've got to change that trend.
"Hannah and Lyndsey were huge, especially in the fourth quarter when we needed them to knock down shots and free throws."
Spanish Springs' second game of the day was never close. The Cougars led 23-7 after one quarter and had stretched their advantage to 38-15 by the half. It went from bad to worse for the visiting Thunder. Spanish Springs extended its edge to 52-19 after three quarters.
Cougars senior Riley Holladay, who missed Spanish Springs early contest Saturday after taking the ACT test, had a big game. She scored 13 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and gave away 10 assists. It was the first triple double in the 13-year history of the SSHS girls basketball program.
"Riley played great," Eckles said. "She went hard to the boards. She was aggressive when she needed to be and she was unselfish when she had an open teammate. That's a special accomplishment. She's a special player and I'm happy for her."
Holladay got plenty of help on offense. Anderson and Woytek finished with 15 and 11 points respectively for Spanish Springs.
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UCF and QB Blake Bortles will head to St. Pete after a loss to Tulsa on Saturday. (Joshua C. Cruey, Orlando Sentinel / December 1, 2012)
As expected, UCF formally accepted a bid Saturday to play in the Beef 'O' Brady Bowl in St. Petersburg following its 33-27 overtime loss to Tulsa in the Conference USA championship game.
"We're looking forward to having UCF back in our bowl this year," Brett Dulaney, executive director of the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, said in a release. "We had a terrific experience with them in 2009 and because of our location many of their alumni and fans were able to easily come over and enjoy a great bowl week experience and support their team."
It will be the fifth time in program history that the Knights have gone bowling. The Knights (9-4) lost to Rutgers, 45-24, in the St. Petersburg Bowl in 2009.
"Playing in the postseason is special for our student-athletes, our program, and our fans," UCF athletic director Todd Stansbury said in a press release. "We know the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl provides a positive experience for everyone involved."
The Knights opponent will depend on some Saturday results.
If UConn and Pitt both win on Saturday, UCF will likely play a Big East opponent. That does not appear a likely scenario as UConn was trailing Cincinnatti by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
UCF would still have a shot to play Pitt if the Panthers defeat USF later tonight.
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Could you imagine living yesterday over and over again for 34 years? For some that probably doesn't sound so bad and for others I bet it is like hell … but that's not the point I'm trying to make. What needs to be observed here is that during these 34 years in Limbo, Bill doesn't do the same thing every day. He continually takes advantage of this situation and dedicates his time into acquiring new traits, new skills, learning intimate details about people, going out and doing great things, saving lives and by the end of the process he has become such a more amazing human being than when he started out as.
Sometimes after you get to college the days start to blend and really when you grow up you realize that every day is essentially the same, and the weekends don't hold as much gravity as when you were a child because you have work and projects. You lose track of the days and weeks can seem like a blur. When that happens you need to take account and do something about it; whether it's going to work out, going out with friends, driving 20 minutes up the road and learning how to glass blow, driving six hours up the road and getting a hamburger at Niagara falls or just take the time to call some people from back home.
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NAPLES — It was a sunny, windless morning and the 12,714 miniature American flags hung motionless in the dappled oak tree shade in front of Cambier Park's white band shell.
Naples resident Tracey Sanders said the morning quiet and the neat rows of flags reminded her of the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.
"I love it, I love the flags," said Sanders. "It almost feels like the burial grounds, the way they have it set up."
Planted by 15 volunteers, each of the flags represented an armed service member from southern Florida who has fought in Iraq or Afghanistan since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
"They've been through a lot and they'll go through a lot, trying to re-enter work life or even find employment," said Sanders. "I think it's important that we recognize the sacrifice they did and are still doing."
The volunteers began their work at 6:30 a.m. By 10:30 a.m. a small crowd of 20 had gathered for a service honoring the service members, many who will return to their homeland by the end of the year.
"Each flag doesn't just represent a soldier, it represents a family," said Marnie Waldrop, co-founder of Camaraderie Foundation, which organized the event with help from sponsor Fifth Third Bank. "There's 44,000 soldiers coming home soon, and the need to embrace them is great."
The Orlando-based Camaraderie Foundation matches military families with private counselors to alleviate the stress associated with a service member's transition from the battlefield to society.
A similar event was held in Orlando on Nov. 8 and events are also scheduled for Tampa and Jacksonville.
"Florida is the third largest state in terms of veterans and active duty soldiers," said Waldrop. "It's important that we come together as a community for them, and try to change the stigma associated with seeking help."
During Thursday's service, Naples Vice-Mayor John Sorey related his own experience returning from the war in Vietnam.
"There's nothing like it," he said. "Civilian friends cannot understand the difference between any other experience in life and combat."
Ellie Mae Wood, a Community School student who turned 11 on 11/11/11, presented a check to the foundation.
She asked friends and relatives to donate money to the organization in lieu of giving her birthday gifts and raised $900.
Waldrop and her husband Michael founded the Camaraderie Foundation after undergoing counseling when Michael returned from the war in Afghanistan.
"We didn't want to become a statistic," said Marnie Waldrop. "Of the 24 troops in his unit, six are now divorced and two more are getting divorced. To work our way back together as a married couple so we could raise our two kids, it was hard."
Waldrop said the nation is poorly prepared to meet the needs of troops who have been deployed overseas multiple times over the past decade.
"We are not equipped for their return, not at all," she said. "So many are coming home and they will struggle to find jobs in this economy. There is a huge need."
Army veteran Brent Smith, an employee of Fifth Third Bank, said the small service was moving.
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Lately, I've been reading this very entertaining economics blog, Noahopinion, written by Noah Smith, a recent econ PhD who just got a job at the Stoney Brook University College of Business (Congrats!). Smith engages with a lot of the usual wonky econoblogger topics (and also some heavily wonky topics), but he also takes a look at the culture of economics. In this post, he really nails the strange relationship between economist and the more overtly nerdy members of other professions, like physics, computer science, and math.
He argues that economists should release their inner nerd. BUT they have to be careful about how truly nerdy that nerd they release actually is. For example:
But for Milton Friedman's sake, don't be a science nerd! If someone references Star Trek or Mass Effect, give them the hairy eyeball. Remember, "technology" has nothing to do with semiconductors or machine learning or General Relativity; "technology" is the Solow Residual! Economists evaluate technology from on high; we do not descend into the muck of knowing how it actually works. And remember: you do math well, but you don't likemath, not for it's own sake. Do not gush about all the cool difficult math you just did, whine about it.